from prints into journals, for a winter weekend at home

Everything outside is lit up with the crisp winter sunlight. It’s so pretty that I keep getting lured into writing up a list of errands to run, thinking it’ll be a good break from making books in the studio and I’ll be taking a nice walk in fresh air. On the contrary, the minute I step outdoors, my nose and ears are nipped by the sharp winter cold! Brrrr!

So with outdoor time kept to a minimum, I’m sitting here thinking about what other interesting things I could make with the supplies I have around me. There are so many fabulous tutorials floating about on the internet that I’ve bookmarked (I’ll put a few of those up in a separate post later on), and I’ll definitely give some of them a try.

Here’s one of my own that I’d like to share. Remember those photo journals that I made last season which completely sold out within just a few weeks? You could just as easily make one with your own photographs!

Click here, and have fun!

And, when you’re finished, if you’d like to show us what your photo journal looks like, put a link to your image in the comments section of this post!

February 9th, 2007

9 Responses to “from prints into journals, for a winter weekend at home”

  1. missellz says (February 9th, 2007 at 11:59 am )

    …nice to meet you. Love both your work. I have been reading your blog for a while. Thank you for sharing how to make these books. I will definitely try it this weekend… will show you the results.

  2. Hanna says (February 10th, 2007 at 9:44 am )

    your books looks great. when I first read the tutorial I thought all the papers were photos… do you think you could do a photo book with just photos this way, without a album? it could be fun…

  3. Yenny says (February 13th, 2007 at 5:29 am )

    Super idea! Also to make small zines or gifts with the use of blank [recycled] sheets! I’m going to try it at work! For the waxpaper, can you also use bakingpaper?

  4. ian says (February 19th, 2007 at 2:27 am )

    Hello! This is a wonderful project. I’d just like to ask what kind of printing you had done for your photographs. Is it the regular kind of print on photopaper? Or were they printed on a special kind of board? =)

  5. ian says (February 19th, 2007 at 9:40 am )

    I gave it a shot. It’s not as neatly made as yours =P but it works!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulan25/sets/72157594544613206/

    I’m going to try again this weekend, and with coordinating materials this time. Just need to get some prints made.

    Thank you for the tutorial. I enjoyed making my notebook.

  6. jane says (February 24th, 2007 at 5:22 am )

    WOW! Thanks for such a great tutorial. I’m excited to try this out!

  7. mahima says (August 6th, 2007 at 8:48 am )

    wow!
    i’m so inspired to make my own tonight!! thank you!

  8. Ali says (September 3rd, 2007 at 5:22 am )

    That was an inspiring and very comprehensive tutorial - thank you. Here’s a peek at mine

    Recycled notebook

  9. Angelique says (January 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am )

    Thank you so much for this! I finally tried this project after having the tutorial bookmarked for a year and now I think I’m addicted! I used four photographs, gluing two front-to-back for both the front and back covers so each would be two-sided (make sense?), and was happy with how that worked out. Now I’m brimming with ideas for more journals to make. Anyway, here’s my link to my first attempt: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59341195@N00/2220317455/

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